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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-03-31
POETRY
BIZ CAREFUL.

Re careful what you SOW, boysl
For seed will surely grow, boys
The dew will fall,
The rains will come,
The cloudy days
And the sunshine warm,
And the boy who sows good seed today
Shall reap the crop Tomorrow.
BE careful what you SOW, girls
For every seed will grow, girls
Though it may fall
Where you cannot know.
Yet in summer and shade
II will surely grow
Aud the girl who sows good seed today
Shall reap crop tomorrow.
Be careful what you SOW. boys
For the weeds will surely grow, boys.
II you plant bad seed
by the wayside high,
You must reap the.harvest
BY and by.
And the boy who sows wild oats today
Must reap the wild oats tomorrow.
Be careful what you SOW, girls
For all the bad will grow, girls
And the girl who now,
With careless hand,
Is scattering thistles
Over the land,
Must know that, what'r she sows today
She must reap the same Tomorrow.
Then let us SOW good seed. NOW!
And not the briers and weeds now
That when.the harvest
For US shall come,
We may have good sheaves
To carry home,
For the seed we SOW in our lives today
Shall grow and bear fruit Tomorrow.
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suit ana the decision oi -
i.s,,,, 200 700. ,aar,'Nvs '1eHA oifect
The will OF Lord Westbury another
Lord Hgh Chancellor, drawn b,
himself, met With the same fate
Lord Bacon bad no property TO
leave, but bo left regularly ex.
ecuted will, in which he bequ eathed
his name and memory TO men 3
charitable speeches, to foreign mo-
tions, and the next ages. Shake q.
peareI left al elaborate will, which
contains clause that ha- puzzled
the Shakespearcans not i,tle. II
give unto my wife my second best
bed, with the furniture" Why did
he only give Ann Hathaway his sec.
ond best, and not his best bed ?
Nothing else did she get, and the
world has sought in vain to know
the reason why.
1t is not unusual for man TO
leave all his property TO b.t ~iio,
With the proviso that il she 4 arries
again she is to have only whit the
law allows her. / have dIhwn q
number Of such wills. Gotornor
Morris, the celebrated Anpsnc,p
statesman did not treat bis vi(a 20.
10 had married very late in iii, Arn
Randolph, n cousin OF John, Or Rl-
anoke, a woman much vouGgeil tban
himself, and with whom he lived
happily He beqneathed a very
handsome income to her. and then
provided that in case she ma rriod
again the income should be doubled
A soldier or n sailor is allowed TO
make a nuucupative will--that is, n
will by word of mouth, by which
personal estate may he dispose,T of.
but you. being q civilian, must make
yours in writing. 1t don't matter
much what the writing is ont may
be on slate, or table top, or even
a wall, though it is advisable that il
should be on paper or paroh.aent
You may write it and sign your
name in pencil if you like, but il is
better to do il 10 ink.
You may make your will in Choc-
taw. If you happen to understand
that language, or it may, az hamlet
says, "be writ in the choicest Ital-
lam" you may write it 10 shorthand
or in abbreviations, or in cipher, 80
long as you leave the key behind
you. Courts are not mariinets as
to the spelling, AM if your ortLog-
raphy is not perfectly ultra, they will
not mind it, if they can mako it out.
II you wish to dropinto poetry, even
that is permitted, as the following
cases OF O valid will shows:
! give and bequeath,
When I'm laid underneath
To my two loving sisters most deer.
The whole OF my store,
Were 1t twice as much more. -
Which Gods goodness has granted to
me.
And that none may prevent.
This my will aud intent,
pr occeston the lest OF Law racket,
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With II solemn appeal,


confirm, sign and seal,
This, the true act and decd of Wi
Jacket.
You may sign your will by initials
and If your hand is unsteaiy YOU
may get some ono to guide it. yon
must have Mt least two witnesses
and though you may not actually
see The witnesses sign their names.
you must DO in snch a position that
you could do so if you "felt 20 dis
posed" as Mrs. Camp might re-
mark. That was Judge Rogers
ruling in the Storey will case, aud il
is good law.
lf you are going to leavo aul
thing to me don't ask mo to be n
witness, for, although | could be n
good witness, my legacy woull be
void. John Bonvier was nn eminent
lawyer in Philadelphia somo yoars
ago, and the author OF several stan
dad law books 4 lady left him q
very handsome bequest in will,
which he himself drew aud witness
ed There was no doubt about the
intention Of the lady, but Bouvier
failed to get his legacy.
Having signed snd sealed your
will, you can revoke it by destroy
ing it, but not by simply running
The poo through yonr name or thro |
the lines, but you can revoke it by |
subsequent will properly executed
Marriage also rsvokes q will
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MoSEa'S AuToIATIc DOG

Jack Moser rented a cottage in The
suburbs in order to please bis wife
The house lacked number of mod
ern improvements, aud unlike al
other cottages advertis sd, was not
within five minutes walk OF the
neares.-railway station;" but il bad
au ~ cad piazza, wuodbine twist Ell
gracefully over the doorway, and
Jacks wife was satisfied. Sho had
q "vine-embowered COTTAGE" for
which she had frequently yearaed
Jack thought they ought to have a
ferocious dog to warn off tramps
midnight robbers, aud other obnox
ious visitors, but his wife wonldu'I
listen to such proposition. SIZE
said she would as lief have robbel
or tramp in the house az havo n
cross dog about. She intimated that
her husband might bring home a
Bengal tiger or q sheep. or some
other wild beast, but if he purchas
ed dog she would 60 right home
to her mothers. Her deep-rooted
aversion to the canine tribe was
owing 10 one of her dear friends
having been bitten by q mad dog
several years before.
Jack had set his heart upon hsv~
Ing an able-bodied dog for protec
ton, but as he had been married
only few mouths, and the honey
moon still retained some of it's sac,
ohar'nsness, he was willing to make
one moro sacrifice to augment his
wife's happioess. Bat he didn't dis-
MISS the dog from bis mind; and
one day, while rejecting upon the
'ellng OF security such an acquisi.
lion would afford, he conceived an
'dea Ho would have q dog built
according to a design of his own
invention. 1t might be a little more
Expensive than genuine dog, but
At this early era Of his married life
money was not so much an object
Mrs Moser's felicity.
The automatic animal was success =
aliy built. It was of the bull-dog
prand' One eye was bloc isbot and
he lid swollen, and one ear bad a
agged edge as il it had been 'cha W /.
a' in an old feud' Its jaws we're
laoby. the undamaged eye had a
wicket glare, aud the whole contour
Ioi the brute was one of repulsivs-
ness in the fret degree. Observation
pad taught Jack that when O man
wished to gain dogs confidence he
nst'nctively patted the animal on
ne head. The interior department
VI jacks dog, therefore, was fitted
up with machinery of very seusi-
i've Character, which was connected
WITH a wire running from a button
pn the animals head, and when this
putton was slightly pressed, the in :
srnal contrivauce would go off ike
% alarm clock-ono of those dia-
poiisal inventions that wakens mp
vsry member of the family except
ne servant girl 10 whose loom the
uisrual machine is at work. When
20 dog vas patted on The head tho
rute vould make : slight move,
~ y Avs sed emit ! ptoloaesd
GroHl vi cr1f
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They Meant Well, Anyhow

The other day two ladies' with
benevolent faces and bundle Of
tracts entered the county Jail and
began distribution Of literature
among tho prisoners, accompanying
each gift with such words Of comfor,
and advice as circumstances appear.
cd to render necessary. The of
cial in charge at the time escorted
the ladies to the door of ward . lust
las Turnkey CrandelI, who was inside
~" ave de-. ',-'SS'i'--. ov '''
ltoS |..udi1A.. no stood quietly
on the inside among the prisoners
waiting until the ladies lad finished
their good work The latter made n
rather awkward mistake and con.
cluding that the turnkey bimsclf was
m inmate, tho older Of the two Of,
fered him tract
my poor man. sho observed,
holding the book between the bars,
take this and promise mo that you
will read it in your cell before you
20 to bed every night. 1t will do
you good and help you to bear up.
under your troubles
But madame, I-I-h-b -"
stammered the turnkey reddening.
"Now never mind" continued the
good woman still offering tho tract,
II know what you are going to say
You think, perhaps, you are too far
gone to be influenced by these sto.
ries, but | don't caro- what horrible
crime you have committcd this tract
will comfortyou. Even if your hands
are red with the blood OF a fellow
creature there is yet hope"
"Well I'll to-"
"Now don't add profanity to your
other awful crimes. Heres a little
sermon on the sin OF swearing Take
it aLd be guided by the counsel you
will fud there"
"Yes, and give him the ono about
smoking put in the speakers CONS
panion, noticing that Crandell had a
cigar 10 bis mouth.
The unfortunate turnkey made |
two or three attempts to explain
matters, but in vain, and when he
saw several grinning deputies taking
in bis discontinue he seized the
proifored tracts aud dived headlong
into ono of tho coils, venturing forth
only when assured that the ladies'
were clear Of the premises. .-DetroU
Tribune.
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DR MARAND ROTHROCK,
Fremont, Snyder county, Pa.

Graduate OF Baltimore College Of Physicians
and surgeon. Offers his professional seryIss
to tho public. Speaks English and GERMAN.
March, II, 1881. Il.
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MlDDLEBURGH, SNYDER co, PENN'A MARCH 81 1851

his share js q valid one, and may b
! often found in tho Wills of as,nt,
persons. like the departed states
man. II has a tendency TO induce
cantion.on the part OF the heirs. 4
ono can lose nothing by contest
and may gain something. be my
rush into court as sort Of specula-
ton and in that way much Of the
estate be lost. Mr.. Tilden knew
enough abont law and lawyers to
wish to keep bis estate free from
their care. As nobody ever drov,
u coach and four through any doc
ument or statute be wrote. go you
may be snre his will drawn by his
own band, is equally ironclad.
There ate many very curious aud
eccentric wills described in the
books, aud somo strange phases Of
human nature arc illustrated in them
Some men who in life would not
have given cup of waite. to Leg
gar, by their wills leave enormous
sums to charity.
A man in New Jersey, not long
since, left his estate to pay off the
National debt. The will oas con
tested, OF course, but the conrts
lave recently held it valid. In the
last century Sir Joseph Jckyll did
the same thing in Eugland. When
Lord Mansfield heard Of il he said
'Sir Joseph was very good man
md good lawyer, but his bequest
was very foolish one he might a.
well attempted to stop tho middle
'rch OF Blackfriar's bridge with bis
wig"
Simple matter as it really is,
lawyers have not always been sue
'essful in drawing their own wills
Lord st. Leonard, nigh Chancellor
of England, who, as Edward Sug-
len, was tho most eminent ohancery
lawyer in England, and who with
numbor OF law books, one particu-
arly with very elaborate chapter
IN drawing wills, drew bis own will, |
md it required an expeusiv, law.
nit and the decision Of -
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There are now 20,6i7,000 acr 90 OF
land in the United State owned by
twenty-nine foreign landlords and
syndicates. The amount OF land
thus owned is as large as ireland.
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A bill has been introduced in

A bill has been introduced in the
Pennsylvania Legislature 81 wing a
condemned murderer the choice OF
death by the gallows, or of setting
in a comfortable easy chair and shuf-
ding of this mortal coil by electric
~
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
Sealskin Saca nos Made to Order

Excursion tickets from Derby, including admission to Hamilton Park, $1.
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s-- ..- -- Az-as--ls---- -- ---- Q. u. A M.

Annual Session in This CIty-Arrival
 Of Many delegates Last Evening-A
 Drive to East Rock This Afternoon
 To Banquet at the SeIden House
 This Evening.
 The United Order of American Mechanics are holding in this city their forty first annual session of the National council. Delegates from the following States are present: Con- necticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della ware and Maryland. The order was origi- nally: established at Philadelphia on July 8, 1845,: at which time and for about eighteen months after it was necessary that members should be mechanics, which is not now the case, as men of any respectable calling or business who are of good moral character and were born under the protection of the Amer ican flag are eligible to membership.
 The order is not labor organization. It is benefit organization and has accomplish ed great good and is strong and prosperous.
 The delegates will meet this morning and this afternoon when routine business will be transacted. The services will be in the CoU- RIER building. At 4 pm. the guests will be given drive about town and to East Rock Park An elegant banquet at the Selden House is on the programme for this evening. The following delegates to the convention are registered at the Selden House:
 John c. Smith, New Brunswick, N.J.; George ". White jr., Hoboken N.J.; CHI. Burton, New York; James i. Disney and Charles 0. Cassell, Baltimore; George L. Troutt, Stapleton Staten Island; George W. Shultz, Easton Pa; c. J; Differs Wm A. Ludlum, Jersey City; Wm. Feaster, Philadelphia; Charles H. Stein, Baltimore; John Server. Phiadel- Snyder Lancaster, Pa; John Walker, jr:, Will mington, Del; James E. Richtel. Philadelphia; Thomas RNichols and Joseph H. Symonds of Lynn, Mass; Joseph H. Shinn, Camden, N J.; H. s.
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LOCAL NEWS.
BRkef Mention. w Syoodx ak Dorunan,a

BHKef Mention.
 See the new goods at Dormans.
 Dr. Thomas Axtelle, of Waterbury, has returned home from the White, Mountains.
 Conductor Beers of the Derby resumed his train yesterday after a vacation of two weeks.
 At Loomis' Temple of Music on November 1st the Hesperus club will give its annual re- ception.
 Officer Michael Flannery of the precinct police force, who has been dangerously i'll, is improving.
 Lee W. Townsend, manager of the Joseph and Kate Castleton, is in the city.
 MT. J. W. s. Peck has broken ground for the erection of two superior frame dwellings on State street, few doors above Pearl.
 MT. J. R. Wittig, of Hartford, at one time a contractor in Colts, died at the Hart ford hospital on Sunday of cancer of the pancreas.
 The coming marriage ot MT. William Ma gle and Miss Mary Quinlan was announced on Sunday last at St. Thomas (R. O. church, Southington.
 Mrs. E. M. Jerome, of this city, addressed the Y. P. S. c. E. of the Broad street Bap- tist church, Meriden, at their temperance service held last night.
 Oluf Pehrsop, Swede aged twenty-tw Hartford hospital, He came to the hospital in March last as marine patient. fsx
 The fourteenth session of the National Grand council of the order of the Daughters of Liberty will be held in the o. U. A. M. hall at Newark, N. J., on October 11th.
 The shell fish commissioners yesterday granted deeds of oyster lands as follows; 80; Charles E. Eaton, 49 all of Orange, and James s. Ott, 6 acres off Darien.
 The Republican caucus in Naugatuck to nominate ticket for town officers will be held in the court room on Wednesday even- ing, September 18th. The Derby Republi- cans hold their caucus Friday evening.
 The holders of about $50, 900 of the State lowed the State the use of their money with out interest since July 1st. Probably they missed the public announcement of the call.
 Mrs. 5ophia F. Cotton died at her home at Long Meadow on Friday morning, September 23d. Mrs. Cotton was the mother of Mrs. Edwin Sikes of Buffalo, Mrs. G. w. Ha1stat of Winsted and A. R. Cotton of New York city.
 Dr. and Mrs. Mailhouse have returned from their wedding trip, which included a visit to Niagara Falls, St. Lawrence river, Montreal, Lake George and Saratoga. They have located at the docter's former residence on Meadow street.
 A one-story wood shed attached to the house occupied by John Hackett and owned by Mary Mcfarland, 557 Congress avenue, caught fire yesterday afternoon. George J. Fanlhaber gave the alarm. Prompt work by the iremen saved the premises.
 The fair conducted under the auspices of the St. Aloysius T. A. B. society of Birming- ham closed Saturday night and will net the society about $2OO. Joseph Colwell was the most popular K. of c. man in the town and to him was awarded the handsome gold badge of the order
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Found1 Pond.

The funeral services over the remains of Patrick Dunbar, whose body was found in the pond of the Hayward Rubber company of Colchester, were held Saturday afternoon at Colchester. He was twenty-seven years old. Thursday night he was paid off and did not return home and nothing further was seen of him until his hat and pail were found floating in the pond on Saturday morning The deceased leaves wife and child.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
Hvmeneal.

Tomorrow at 9 p. m., at St.Mary's church, will take place the marriage of Frank s. Carroll jeweller, whose place of business is on State street, corner of Humphrey, and Miss Mary E., daughter of ex-Alderman Geary the grocer and sister of William Geary formerly of the town agents office, now en- gagged with Mir. Healy, the Sagwa bitters deal CT. The young lady has large number of friends and well wishsrs, also the groom elect. Rev, Father Russell will perform the ceremony. A reception for relatives and inn mediate personal friends takes place in the evening at Mr., Geary's residence on Clark street
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Death of Thomas Lahy,

Thomas Lahy, aged twenty-nine, formerly employed at Winchester's, died on Sunday of consumption after lingering illness. He last lived at No. South street. His mother died about year ago and his elder sister, who was the wife of ex-Aldermsn J. J. Flynn, is also dead. His father died not long ago. Deceased leaves one sister, who is unmarried.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27

Price, Lee & Co. of this city announce in Waterbury that they are about to undertake the publication of a new history of Water bury. They have secured as the chief writers Miss Sara J. Pritchard, of Water bury, and Miss Anna L. Ward of Bloomfield, N. J. To the former has been assigned the first century of the history, and the second century to the latter; the Rev. Dr. Joseph An derson, the Hon. F. J. Kingsbury, and H. F. Bassett, librarian of the Bronson library, will contribute chapters relating to special peri ods and topics. Miss Pritchard is gifted writer and frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
To Protest

Attorney Henry 0. Baldwin of Naugatuck, who has run for governor and Congress on the Gresnback ticket, Editor Schewitsch of the New York Leader and Editor Robert Pyne of the Hartford Examiner, are expected to address mass meeting in Bridgeport Sunday to protest against the hanging of the Chicago anarchists
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
Renumed Operations.

The New Haven Wire company's mill in East Haven, which was affected by the fail- ure of E. s. Wheeler & Co.,, resumed opera tions yesterday. The number of employees has been reduced. The company was enabled to start the mill with a stock of 2,000 bun dies of wire which Trustee Merwin obtained permission to remove from the bonded ware- house on payment of the duty. Collector Byxbee says the government is not a creditor of E. S. Wheeler & Co.,, as the latter always paid duties in advance. There are 5000 bundles of wire in the bonded warehouse upon which the duties have not been paid.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
colonel Rasserman,s .IlIness

Colonel Basserman, who was in so critical condition Sunday night, was 8 little easier yesterday. Rev. MT. siebke, pastor of the Lutheran church, was called to his bedside yesterday. The news of his very dangerous illness reported in our yesterdays issue caused much regret in the city among the thousands to whom Colonel Basserman is personally known. But little hope is enter tained of his recovery. The difficulty is 8 dropsical and heart affection with which he has been troubled for months
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
RtcxcIfat RnnIntn

An accident occurred at the corner of Orange and Grown streets yesterday morn ing about o'clock. A butchers team be- came manageable and ran into young man who was on bicycle. He fell on to the sidewalk, cutting his legs and arms quite severely. The bicycle was damaged to the extent of about $25. The young man who was on the bicycle is employed as book keeper in the G. A. and P tea store.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
KOMK KIPPUR.
How the Hebrevvs'. Holy Day VIII be
 Observed in This City.

How the HebFeWY1'. Holy Day VIII be
 Observed I'm This City.
 Tom Kippur, the most solemn day in the year to Hebrews, opens at half-past five o'clock this evening. Rev. Dr. Keeberg will preach at 6:15 this evening at the Court street synagogue. His subject will be: ''Life a Pilgrimage" Tomorrow morning the services will begin at 9:30 and sermon will be delivered at Il o'clock. The entire day will be devoted to prayer and fasting. There will be preaching again at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. In English to- morrow is known also as the Sabbath of Sab- baths, and is commemorated by strict fast ing, nothing, not even water, passing the lips of the observers of the day from the time specified, which is from sunset to sunset. Among the very orthodox Hebrews the day is entirely given up to prayer.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
Home To-Day.

The Glen House excursionists, numbering one hundred and twenty-one, return home this morning. They had magnificent view from the summit of Mt Washington Thurs day morning. Sunday morning the noun tain tops were covered with snow.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-27
subscription Hates
Tuesday, September 27, 1857.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

Auction Sale of Furniture-Beach House. Attention-Admiral Foote Post. For Rent-Rooms Ill Dwight Street. For Sale-Horse- Boulevard Stables. Henry E. Dixey-Hyperion Theater: Never Equalled Before Bolton & Nicely. Prize Puzzle-J. H. G. Durant. Private Lessons-MisS Willard. Quaker Btters-At Druggists. Specialist in Chronic DiseaseS-Dr. H. N. Brown. The Glass Blowers-7 Church Street. Wanted Girls-304 Crown Street. Eli Whitney. Wanted-Woman-15S York Street. Wanted-Young Man-Bolton & Neely. Wanted-Bill Clerk-This Office. Wanted -Salesman-P O. Box 1 ,326. Wanted-Girl-96 Dwight Street. Wanted-Girl-234 Church Street Wanted -Laborers-Starin's Dock. St. John Street. Wanted -Situation-33 Beach Street. Wanted-Situation-W l.. Bennett
 Wanted-Situation- Hamilton Street. Wanted -Situation-203 Franklin Street. Wanted-Situation-19 Greene Street. Wanted-Situation-28 Silver Street. Wanted -Situation-101 Congress Avenue.
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Returned from Atlanta.

Chief Osborne ot the Southington fire de- partment returned from Atlanta on Monday evening and was escorted from the station by the iremen, headed by drum corps.